| JAPAN 73 | V | HONG KONG 3 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Asia Nations Series, Division 1 Updated 07.05.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Prince Chichibu Rugby Ground, Tokyo | DATE: 29 April 2007 | SPECTATORS: 7,833 | |||||
| REFEREE:Mohammed
Azhar Bin Yusof (Singapore) |
HALFTIME: 27-3 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Hirose (2), Watanabe (2), T.Kitagawa (2), Thompson, Endo, | TRIES: | ||||||
| Yatomi, Mit. Yamamoto, Mas. Yamamoto,Kumagae, Ohigashi | |||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Aruga (2), Ando (2) | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: | PENALTY GOALS: Naylor | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Go Aruga (20) | Suntory | 15 | Thomas Breen | Hong Kong Valley RFC | ||
| 14 | Kosuke Endo | Toyota Motor | 14 | Simon Smith | Hong Kong Football Club | ||
| 13 | Seiichi Shimomura (22) | Sanyo | 13 | Hing Hong Psang (20) | DEA Tigers RFC | ||
| 12 | Shotaro Onishi | Yamaha Motor | 12 | Anthony Haynes | Hong Kong Football Club | ||
| 11 | Tomoki Kitagawa | Sanyo | 11 | Justin Gregory | DEA Tigers RFC | ||
| 10 | Toshiaki Hirose (21) | Toshiba | 10 | Kenzo Pannell (22) | Canterbury University RFC, N.Z. | ||
| 9 | Yuki Yatomi | Yamaha Motor | 9 | Robert Naylor (19) | Hong Kong Football Club | ||
| 8 | Takuro Miuchi (Capt.) (19) | NEC | 8 | Semiquaver Iafeta | Causeway RFC | ||
| 7 | Takamichi Sasaki | Suntory | 7 | Nigel Clarke | DEA Tigers RFC | ||
| 6 | Yasunori Watanabe | Toshiba | 6 | Yuen Kin Ho (21) | Hong Kong Valley RFC | ||
| 5 | Luke Thompson | Toshiba | 5 | Nicholas Hurrell | DEA Tigers RFC | ||
| 4 | Takanori Kumagae | NEC | 4 | James Wood (18) | Hong Kong Cricket Club | ||
| 3 | Tomokazu Soma | Sanyo | 3 | Simon Leung (16) | Hong Kong Cricket Club | ||
| 2 | Mitsugu Yamamoto (16) | Sanyo | 2 | Thomas Cameron (Capt.) (17) | Hong Kong Football Club | ||
| 1 | Masahito Yamamoto (17) | Toyota Motor | 1 | Peter Spizziri | Hong Kong Football Club | ||
| 16 | Taku Inokuchi (2) | Toshiba | 16 | Thomas Mutch (3) | Hong Kong Valley RFC | ||
| 17 | Takahiro Sugiura (1) | Fukuoka Sanix | 17 | Ho Tsz Chun (2) | DEA Tigers RFC | ||
| 18 | Yuji Kitagawa | Kanto Gakuin University | 18 | Tamas King (4) | Hong Kong Cricket Club | ||
| 19 | Ryota Asano (8) | NEC | 19 | Fan Shun Kei (9) | DEA Tigers RFC | ||
| 20 | Koichi Ohigashi (15) | NEC | 20 | Gavin Hadley (13) | Hong Kong Football Club | ||
| 21 | Eiji Ando (10) | NEC | 21 | Lai Yiu Pang (6) | DEA Tigers RFC | ||
| 22 | Yuta Imamura (13) | Kobe Steel | 22 | Liu Kwok Leung (10) | DEA Tigers RFC | ||
| COACH: John Kirwan | COACH: Ivan Torpey | ||||||
| MATCH
NOTES Coach John Kirwan made 14 changes to the run on side that played Korea a week ago. For Japan Hirosi, Yoshida, Sasaki, Thompson, Sugiura and Inokuchi were making their test debut, whilst for Hong Kong test debuts were made by Breen, Haynes, Hadley, Pannell, Fan Shun Kei, Hurrell, Lai Yiu Pang, King and Mutch. Sources RiJ Vo.4, No.18, courtesy Ian McDonnell |
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